Market Hours
Session opens, closes and overlaps across Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York — live, on your clock.
Which desks are at their screens
The four sessions on today’s timeline, with the current hour marked. Where two bars overlap, two of the world’s financial centres are trading the same price.
Reading your clock…
Four sessions, one market
Sydney hands to Tokyo, Tokyo to London, London to New York. The market never actually closes between Monday and Friday.
The overlaps carry the volume
London and New York trading together is the deepest window of the day, and the one where spreads are typically tightest.
Set to your clock, not ours
Every time above is converted into your own timezone and follows each city’s own daylight saving changes.
When you trade changes what you pay
The same setup costs more to enter at 3 AM than at 3 PM. Session timing is one of the few edges available to a trader before the analysis even starts.
Trade the session your pair belongs to
A yen cross is liveliest while Tokyo is open; a sterling pair while London is. Trading a pair outside its own session usually means paying a wider spread for a thinner move.
Volatility follows the clock
The first hour after a session opens carries the day’s sharpest moves, as orders held overnight arrive at once. The last hour of a session is where positions get squared rather than opened.
The edges are thin
Spreads widen at the daily rollover and around the Friday close, when liquidity leaves before the weekend. Gaps at the Sunday open are the reason a weekend position needs a smaller size.
Support runs 24x5 alongside the market, so there is someone to reach in whichever session you trade.